The Vegas Golden Knights must have liked what they saw from Mattias Janmark in the playoffs. The free agent winger will be returning to the Golden Knights on a one-year, $2MM contract according to Darren Dreger of TSN. The team will also bring back Patrick Brown, who served as captain for the Henderson Silver Knights last year. PuckPedia reports that Brown’s two-year contract will carry a cap hit of $750K.
Janmark, who came over from the Chicago Blackhawks at the trade deadline last season, registered eight points in 16 playoff games. Though he averaged just under 14 minutes as the Golden Knights leaned on the big guns, he’ll be back on a not-insignificant contract. Vegas now has 14 forwards on one-way deals with Nolan Patrick still to sign, and are already over the cap despite trading away Marc-Andre Fleury. There are more moves coming from the Golden Knights, but it appears as though Janmark will be somewhere in the lineup when the season begins.
The 28-year-old forward has been an effective secondary scoring option throughout his career, recording at least 21 points in each of his five seasons. While he doesn’t bring a ton of physicality, he’s a big enough body and skates well enough to still be disruptive on the forecheck. In his short time with the Golden Knights, he was put on the powerplay and the penalty kill, hinting at a potentially significant role in 2021-22.
Brown meanwhile played just nine games for the Silver Knights, but had eight points during that short season. He’s been with the Golden Knights affiliate for two years now, adding valuable minor league depth and serving as an injury replacement for the NHL. Through parts of seven seasons, he has 55 NHL appearances including 12 games with the Golden Knights in their most recent playoff run.
We had to solve our goalie logjam in order to create a winger logjam.
Good player on a good deal.
No need for Eichel after these deals.
As I’ve made clear, not a big fan of Eichel, BUT…
If the ask I saw on NHLN was true (Reilly Smith, Peyton Krebs, Nic Hague and a 1st) VGK should jump all over that.
In fact, I wonder if that explains why they got Dadonov…as he’d fill Smith’s role just fine.
I think Eichel is the most overrated player in the league right now.
I hear you, but that package is basically nothing. A late first, Smith is a UFA after this year and VGK can’t afford him again, Krebs and Hague are OK prospects but (unless Hague becomes Chara somehow) not ones you can’t live without.
So glad Janmark is back.